Hey guys! I'm going to my other grandparents house tomorrow morning, and they have no internet (I know right!) so I won't be updating again until next year, aka in 4 days. I'm going to try to get two chapters up today to make up for that, and I promise I'll be writing the whole time I'm there because I will get severely bored, so you can expect a few chapters on the first and second of January. I love you all! Happy New Year! 2011 is going to be awesome.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter 1 through 7, but I do own this story line.
Previously:
Gryffindor won the game against Hufflepuff
It's NEWT time!
"Lily help me with this!"
"No wait she's helping me with this!"
"Lily do you brew clockwise or anticlockwise for Wolfsbane?"
"Lily-flower!"
"What Sirius?"
"I don't know, I felt left out, everyone else was yelling for you," Sirius said cheekily, grinning at her, and Lily groaned.
"James," Lily whined, resting her forehead on his chest. It was the morning of the Potions NEWT and as Lily was the best in their year at Potions, everyone from all houses, except Slytherin, was asking her for help. James chuckled, and smoothed her hair.
"This is the price you pay for being a know-it-all," he said, kissing her on top of the head, and Lily snapped her head back, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Lils," Lily groaned and turned around to Hestia, "Do you add roots or scales first for Amortentia?"
"We made it in Potions a couple months ago!" she whined, stomping her foot, and Hestia just looked at her blankly, as if to say 'so?' "You add the scales, and then after it's done brewing add the roots," she said, and Hestia grinned up at her.
"Thank you!" Lily rolled her eyes and leaned her head on James' shoulder.
"I can't wait till Potions is over," she groaned, and Remus yelled.
"Lily, don't say that! When Potions is over we have to study for Transfiguration on Monday!" he squeaked, and Lily's eyes widened.
"I don't want to study for transfiguration!" she whined, and James chuckled.
"It'll be okay," he said soothingly, and Hestia snorted.
"That's because it's your best bloody subject," she said to James, who grinned at her.
"I'll help you study," he said gently to Lily, who laughed.
"Don't tell me you relate transfiguration to me?" she laughed, and James grinned down at her.
"It's the most fun with transfiguration!" he said, and Sirius guffawed.
"I remember last year with human transfiguration! "This spell turns your eyebrows yellow, and Lily shouldn't do that because it clashes badly with her hair'" Sirius mimicked James' voice, and they all laughed.
"'This spell is bad for Lily as it would make your hair change colour and I like her auburn hair so she shouldn't use it'" Remus snickered, and Lily laughed as James stuck his tongue out at his friends
"Fine, mock me, but I still got an O on that exam," he shrugged, and his friends grinned at him.
"Time to go!" Alice squeaked as McGonagall stood up.
"I can't do this!" Hestia squealed, smacking her forehead with her textbook repeatedly.
"You will be fine," Lily said soothingly, and her friends shot her nasty looks.
"Speak for yourself," Sirius snorted, and with a grin to Lily, he walked out of the Great Hall with Hestia. They reentered the Great Hall to find it, once again, full of individual desks. Lily found herself sitting next to Sirius, who continued to talk and laugh until the examiner stood up.
"You may begin…now!" Lily opened her exam paper and flipped through the pages, relaxing as she realized she knew everything the questions were asking for.
1. What is the purpose of Felix Felices?
312. Note the method of brewing Amortentia and the varying effects on different people, as well as giving an example of the effects.
554. Describe the process of Polyjuice Potion, as well as state what the potion does.
999. Compare Polyjuice Potion intake and Animagus transformation on a person's appearance
Lily chuckled as she filled in the questions, wondering how she would have reacted to these questions had she not been dating James.
"Time is up!" Lily dropped her quill as the examiner pointed his wand up in the air, creating a loud banging sound. She sighed and stretched out the knots in her shoulders and neck as the Examiner waved his wand and the exams rolled itself up, flying towards him. Sirius stood up and jumped on Lily, who screamed as he picked her up.
"We're done!" he yelled happily, and Lily looked at him questioningly.
"Sirius, we've finished two of six NEWT written exams,"
"We're done for this week!"
"No we have the practical in like ten minutes," Hestia said, rolling her eyes as she walked over to them.
"Fine burst my bubble," Sirius whined, putting Lily back on the floor and walking away with his arms crossed. Lily laughed and swung her arm around Hestia's shoulders, making their way out of the Great Hall to wait for their practical.
"Lils!" James said, catching up to her and throwing his arm around her shoulder.
"Hi," she grinned, and James smiled down at her.
"Why so happy?"
"Your stupid study method kept penetrating my mind so that's how I remembered everything," she said, rolling her eyes, and James laughed.
"Yes! Thank you James it helped me too," Alice said happily, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Line up!" Slughorn instructed, his large belly jiggling as he held out along list of all the seventh years, "Ah lovely Lily, you may stand in front, good luck," he said fondly, and Lily grinned at James before walking over to her spot, "Mr. Black you may go in now," he said to Sirius, after his name had been called out a few times.
"Yes Professor I heard you, doesn't mean I want to go in," Sirius said cheekily before walking into the Great Hall, and Slughorn chortled. Lily rolled her eyes and when her name was called, she waved to Hestia before walking in. She was assigned a different examiner this time, an old wizard, and she was instructed to brew Amortentia. Lily smiled whilst brewing it, and inhaled deeply as she smelt the familiar smell of James.
"Well done Ms. Evans, you may exit the hall," he said, and Lily nodded, before leaving. She stretched as she exited and lay down underneath the Marauder tree. Sirius was nowhere to be found, but she didn't mind; she needed a few minutes of peace and quiet. After she had taken a few breaths, she pulled her Potions textbook out of her bag and looked through it, making sure she had answered the questions correctly. She made little tutting noises at aspects she wasn't sure if she'd written down, and grinned in satisfaction before closing the book.
"How'd it go?" Remus asked, sitting down next to her, and Lily grinned at him.
"If I'm not mistaken, I think I just got an Outstanding," Sirius said confidently, sitting down on the other side of Lily.
"Were you thinking of Lily the whole time?" Remus asked, and Sirius barked a laugh before nodding.
"I am going to kill that James Potter," Alice grumbled, sitting down across from Lily.
"Now what did he do?"
"I kept thinking of how Amortentia related to Lily, and I was waiting for it to smell like bloody Orchids, which it didn't!" she whined, and they laughed as Alice stuck her tongue out at Lily, "You and your bloody shampoo,"
"Don't blame me for what James did," Lily said, raising her hands in surrender and heard a scoff from nearby.
"Thanks ever so much for having so much faith in me," James said teasingly, sitting down behind Lily and playing with her hair.
"May I ask why you were reading a textbook?" Sirius asked, looking at Lily, who raised her eyebrows at him, "I was sitting over there," he said, pointing towards the clearing near the Forbidden Forest, "and then I saw you reading a textbook and I didn't want to come over until it was safe," he said cheekily, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"I was checking to make sure I got everything down," she said, and Hestia, who had just sat down, rolled her eyes.
"Lily I saw you writing away as if there was no tomorrow. You'll get an O," she said grumpily, and Lily grinned at Hestia, who hated Potions with gusto.
"So, what exams are there next week and in what order?" Frank said, sitting down next to Alice and kissing her on the cheek.
"Monday is Transfiguration," Remus said, to general groaning, "Tuesday we have Charms," Lily grinned happily and James pulled on a lock of her hair, and she turned around to stick her tongue out at him; James wasn't a great fan of Charms.
"Wednesday is Divination," Peter groaned, and Lily groaned internally. She hated Divination. She usually spent her time making up the answers to questions, especially the practical's.
"Thursday is Runes," Lily said, and James shrugged
"Runes I can handle, Divination I cannot," he said, and Lily grinned up at him.
"What, no fancy way to remember it by?" she grinned, and James laughed and shook his head.
"I don't like to relate you to things as useless as Divination," he grinned, and Lily rolled her eyes, smiling
"I think I'm going to go study," Lily said, standing up, but was pulled back down by James, Sirius, and Remus, "Are you all out to sabotage my studying?" she whined, as she fell on James' lap.
"No, we're going to go celebrate two finished NEWT exams," Sirius said, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"There's no point celebrating when we're stuck in school," she sighed, and she saw the Marauders eyes twinkle, "Oh Merlin," she sighed, as they stood up, pulling the rest of them with them.
"Where are we?" Hestia asked, tugging on Sirius' arm. They were in a deserted corridor in front of a statue of a witch.
"On the way to celebrate," Remus shrugged.
"Yes, let's party in a deserted corridor," Frank said sarcastically, rolling his eyes, and Lily laughed.
"Amateurs," Sirius said happily, letting go of Hestia's hand and heading over to the statue of a witch in front of them, "Should I?" he said, turning to look at his friends, who grinned.
"We're about to reveal a secret passage," Remus said dramatically, "I think this calls for a moment of silence," he said, and the rest of them rolled their eyes.
"Whatever Moony, I want Firewhisky," Sirius chuckled, and while Lily chewed over what he had said with a frown, Sirius pulled out his wand and tapped the statue of the witch, "Dissendium" he said, and, to general surprise, the statue started to move, revealing a narrow passageway, "Hurry up," he said, herding the bewildered girls and Frank into the passageway.
"Has this always been here?" Lily hissed, grabbing onto James' hand tightly; it was really dark.
"Yes, but it is not in Hogwarts: A History if that's what you were wondering," he winked, and Lily flushed.
"Oh this is ridiculous," Hestia huffed, "Lumos," she said, and there was light. Lily looked around the dirty, surprisingly wide passageway, "Oh wow, so this is how you sneak out," she said, impressed, and the Marauders laughed.
"We have finally solved the mystery," Alice said happily, draping her arm over Lily's shoulder, and Lily laughed.
"Mystery?" James asked curiously.
"Where you got all the Firewhisky and Butterbeer during all the stupid parties in the Common Room," Hestia chuckled, and the Marauders beamed.
"Yes, it's been bothering us, especially Lils, since, what, first year?" Hestia teased, nudging Lily, who turned pink and looked at the floor determinedly.
"Oh shut up," Lily said, embarrassed, nudging Hestia back, and Hestia laughed, before walking over and wrapping her arms around Sirius' arm. James walked over to Lily and kissed her on top of the head as he put his arm around her waist, "How long is the walk?" she asked, and James sighed.
"It's a fair stretch," he said, gesturing forward, and Lily sighed. The tunnel was going downhill, so she grinned.
"Okay everyone sit down," she announced. They all looked at her curiously, as if she'd lost her mind, and she rolled her eyes, "Just sit," she instructed. Remus, knowing where she was going, grinned and sat cross-legged on the floor, and was followed by everyone else. Lily sat down on James and he wrapped his arms around her middle, "Ready? Glisseo," she said, pointing at the floor, which hastily turned into a slide. The Gryffindors slid down the tunnel, laughing and screaming, until they reached what looked like a basement.
"Nice one Lily-flower!" Sirius said happily, getting up and dusting off the back of his clothes. He started to dust Hestia's clothes off, too close to her backside and Hestia shrieked, jumping away from Sirius.
"Sirius Black watch your hands," she instructed sternly, and Sirius snickered. She walked over to Remus and linked her elbow through his, and Remus snickered at Sirius, who was wearing a faux insulted expression.
"Where are we?" Alice asked, restraining a laugh at the squabble.
"Honeydukes Cellar," Peter said happily, and Lily's eyes widened. James laughed at Lily's expression and pulled her towards the stairs that were on the opposite side of the basement. Soon enough, they found themselves in the colorful candy store, which was crowded, due to the fact that it was about 5 in the evening.
"Oi! What are you doing back here?" The owner yelled, and the Gryffindors ran out from behind the counter to the main store. They laughed and talked until they reached the Three Broomsticks. Lily looked around Hogsmeade warily, her hand gripping her wand in her pocket.
"Lily, relax," said James quietly, kissing her shoulder, and squeezing her hand, "We'll apparate somewhere if it happens again, alright?" he said soothingly, and Lily nodded.
There was, however, no need to apparate anywhere. Lily felt a lot calmer as the Gryffindors made their way back into Honeydukes, "How are we going to get back there now?" Hestia whispered to Sirius, who was watching the storeowner.
"We cause a diversion," he grinned devilishly, and Lily groaned; Sirius' diversions usually involved large messes. Remus, sensing the messy diversion that was going to happen, cleared his throat.
"How about I do it this time?" he suggested, and Sirius pouted, "It'll be fun," he assured Sirius, whose face brightened. Remus pointed his wand at a rather large customer, who reminded Lily of Vernon Dursley, who started to cough.
"Your darn candy! It's stuck!" the man wheezed, and the storeowner ran over to him, as the large man started to dance around. Sirius snickered and Hestia rolled her eyes, pushing her boyfriend over to the counter. The Gryffindors snuck into the back, and ran down the stairs to the cellar as the store was distracted, watching the storeowner relieve the large man.
They slid back to the castle, enjoying themselves, and stopped at the entrance. Hestia made to push open the statue, but was stopped by Sirius. She raised her eyebrows at him, and Sirius gestured to James, who had pulled a rather old piece of parchment out of his robes.
"Do you carry that with you all the time?" Lily asked, exasperated. James grinned and winked at her before turning back to the map.
"Alright, Filch is on the second floor, the corridors are deserted and the teachers are in their offices. Let's go," he said, and walked over to the door. Frank, Alice and Hestia were staring at the map with bewildered expressions, and Lily giggled. They pushed the statue and ran out of the passageway quickly, before shutting it behind them, "Alright, now we can relax," James said happily, and Frank raised his eyebrows at him.
"Are you joking? It's way past curfew!" he said, and James rolled his eyes.
"You're with the Head Boy and Head Girl, why are you panicking?" Lily teased, and Frank rolled his eyes as he remembered.
"I'm sorry, I expected them to be more responsible," he said cheekily, and Lily stuck her tongue out at him.
"I'm glad you guys are the Heads. This way I get to do this without getting in trouble," Sirius said happily, walking in between Lily and James and wrapping his arms around both of their shoulders. Lily rolled her eyes
"You should be glad that James finally got Lily otherwise Lily would have restricted all of you," Alice said teasingly, and Lily laughed as the Marauders looked at her.
"Nice going mate," Sirius said in a higher voice, clapping a blushing James on the back. Lily grinned and messed up James' hair.
"Go to bed," James said, pointing towards the Portrait Hole as they reached Gryffindor Tower.
"Yes, your Headship," Sirius said dramatically, bowing down to James, and Lily giggled. Sirius had had a few bottles of Firewhisky, and he was acting more, well, Sirius-like than he usually did. James chuckled and the Head students watched as their friends walked through the Portrait Hole.
"That was fun," Lily said, swinging their intertwined hands between them. James looked down at her bright eyes and flushed cheeks and grinned down at her.
"Was sneaking out exhilarating?" he teased, and Lily grinned up at him.
"Be quiet, it's not everyday I get to sneak out of the castle. I'm just glad I got to do that before I graduated," she said happily, and James smiled down at her.
"Good thing you finally said yes then, right?" he teased, nudging her, and Lily laughed as they entered the Heads Dorm, "So Lily Evans, you actually wanted to sneak out before you graudated?" he asked curiously, and Lily shrugged.
"I'm not the perfect goody two shoes like everyone thinks I am," she shrugged, and James smiled down at her, "I made a list of things I wanted to do before I graduated during OWLS," she grinned, and James raised his eyebrows.
"May I see that list?" he teased, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Sure why not," she chuckled, and James' eyes twinkled. Lily grabbed his hand and made her way to her room.
"Lily Evans is dragging me to her bedroom, I never thought I'd see the day," James winked, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Head out of the gutter Potter," she teased, and let go of his hand as they entered her room. She walked over to her trunk and pulled out her little notebook and muggle pen that Gwenog had given her a few Christmases ago. She walked over and sat on the floor by the foot of her bed and James slid off the bed to sit next to her. He grabbed the notebook and flipped through the pages, until he found a page full of Lily's handwriting, titled 'List'.
"Original," he snorted, and Lily blushed, nudging him.
"Shut up Potter," she said, and James kissed her on the cheek before reading the list.
"I can cross these off now," she said, leaning over to put little crosses next to a few of the objectives. James laughed as Lily leaned over him to cross them out.
"We will complete this after NEWTS," James declared, and Lily looked up at him incredulously.
"Are you sure?" James grinned and leaned down to kiss her.
"Lils, you already know I'd do anything for you," he said exasperatedly, leaning his forehead on hers, and Lily beamed up at him, a blush creeping under her cheeks.
"What did I ever do to deserve you?" she teased, pinching his cheek fondly and James flushed.
"Nothing, I did all the work," he said matter-of-factly, and Lily gasped, nudging him. James nudged her back and Lily nudged him harder, "Lils I'm going to win," he said cheekily, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Not likely Potter," she chuckled, leaning on him and tackling him to the floor. She ended up on top of him and kissed his nose, "I win," she sung, and stood up. James sat up and his hand flew to his hair as he grinned up at Lily.
"You wouldn't have won if I was trying," he said, and Lily rolled her eyes. James stood up, towering over Lily, and started backing her up into the wall. Lily felt the wall against her back and groaned, and James laughed.
"All the time!" she whined as James pressed himself up against her and James chuckled, putting his hands on her hips and pulling her, impossibly, closer to him.
"I told you," he whispered, resting his forehead against hers once more. Lily giggled and got on her tiptoes and kissed him. James chuckled against her lips and kissed her back. Lily pulled away quickly and James groaned, "That's not fair," he said, and Lily grinned up at him.
"This is me getting you back," she laughed, and slipped out, crawling under her covers, "I'm going to sleep, leave," she grinned, and James raised his eyebrows at her.
"No I'm not leaving," he declared, sitting down on her dresser. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Well I'm sleeping," she said, and James shrugged. Lily rolled her eyes and pulled the covers up to her face, closing her eyes. James continued to watch her, "I cant sleep with you watching me," she mumbled, opening an eye to peek and James, who grinned at her.
"I told you I wasn't leaving," he said, raising his hands as if in surrender, and Lily sighed.
"Well if you're going to stay here, sleep, or face the other way while I fall asleep," she said, and James laughed.
"I like you when you've had a few Butterbeers," he grinned, and Lily stuck her tongue out at him.
"Stop distracting me!" she said, and James nodded, "Are you going to turn?" she asked, and James sighed, sitting down and leaning against the bed, facing away from her, "Good boy," she said, patting his hair, and closed her eyes to go to sleep as James chuckled. Lily's breathing became really slow and James turned around to see Lily fast asleep. He stood up and leaned over, kissing her on her forehead and moving a few strands of hair away from her face, tucking them behind her ear, before stretching and walking over to his room.
"Hestia!"
Hestia woke and sat up quickly as she heard someone whisper her name. She rubbed at her eyes, and looked around the dark dorm for the source of the noise.
"Erm, yes?" she whispered uncertainly to the dorm, feeling extremely ridiculous.
"Hest, over here," the voice whispered, and she looked around.
"I cant see anything so that's not helping," she whispered to the darkness, and rubbed at her face, "Maybe I'm going crazy and talking to nothing, or maybe I'm dreaming," she muttered to herself, and she heard a chuckle, "Who is it?" she whispered, and the chuckle sounded again.
"It's your conscience!" the voice whispered, and Hestia chuckled.
"Sirius what are you doing in my dorm?"
"How did you know it was me?" Sirius said in a high whisper, and Hestia felt a weight near her feet. She pulled her wand out and lit it, revealing her boyfriends face.
"Only you would say something so ridiculous," she teased, blinking rapidly at the bright light illuminated from her wand.
"I love you too," Sirius grinned, and Hestia rolled her eyes.
"What are you doing here?" she whined, and Sirius put his finger on her lips.
"Shh Alice is sleeping," he whispered. Hestia turned over on her bed and looked over at her bedside table for her watch. She picked it up and looked at the time, a mask of horror appearing on her face, and she looked up at Sirius' guilty and sheepish expression.
"You woke me up at bloody 3 in the morning?" she whispered dangerously, and Sirius flinched at the anger in her voice.
"I can't sleep! And I wanted to try something," he shrugged, and Hestia's eyebrows rose, curious.
"What did you want to try?"
"Well, look at me, up in the girls dormitory," he said, and a wide grin appeared on his face. Hestia's eyes widened. She opened her mouth to ask, but Sirius pinched her lips closed in between his forefinger and thumb, "can we talk somewhere else, my beautiful voice cannot be heard with all this whispering," he said, and Hestia rolled her eyes, smacking his hand away from her face. He stood up and held out his hand, and Hestia rolled her eyes, grabbed her wand, and allowed him to lead her out of the dorm.
"Where are we going?" she asked at her normal volume as they reached the Common Room.
"AH so nice to hear my melodic, pitch perfect tones," he said happily, talking extremely loudly, and Hestia giggled, "I don't know, where do you want to go?" he asked curiously, and Hestia rolled her eyes and shrugged, "You are useless," Sirius teased, and Hestia glared at him.
"Fine let's go outside by the Black Lake," she challenged, and Sirius grinned.
"Fine," he said, and tugged her hand.
"Wait, no, Sirius! We'll get in trouble!" she squealed, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Who cares?"
"I care! I don't know about you but I don't want to get expelled before I finish the damn NEWTS!" she squeaked, and Sirius barked a laugh, "Shut up!" she squealed, clapping her hand over his mouth in the deserted hallway.
"Fine, coward, let's go to the Room of Requirement," he said, and Hestia grinned. Sirius rolled his eyes, "chicken," he said, and Hestia narrowed her eyes at him. They walked quietly over to the Room of Requirement and, once it was ready, walked in, "Better?" Sirius teased; Hestia had been incredibly tense and jumpy in the dark castle.
"Oh shut up Sirius Black," she muttered, and Sirius grinned, "Now, how in the name of Merlin did you get in my dorm?" she asked, and Sirius' grin widened.
"I used a broom," he shrugged and Hestia's eyes widened.
"And it worked?"
"Obviously," he chuckled, and Hestia blushed.
"I mean, it was that simple?" she breathed, and Sirius nodded happily, "That's bollocks!" she squealed, and Sirius laughed.
"I didn't think it would work, but then again, I never thought the founders were that bright," he shrugged, and Hestia slapped him in the arm, "What? All they did was find a bloody building!" he exclaimed, and Hestia frowned.
"Touché"
"Exactly! And then they just used their wands and magicked everything and then called it Hogwarts," he shrugged, and Hestia groaned.
"You just ruined Hogwarts for me," she whined, and Sirius grinned at her, putting his hands on her hips and pulling her towards him.
"I can make it better," he said quietly, and Hestia giggled.
"Prove it," she whispered, putting her arms around his shoulders, and Sirius grinned down at her, before leaning down.
Remus' Occlumency Diary
Hello again dear friend. Oh, wow, I'm pathetic. It has happened. My brilliant mind had been affected by those twats I call friends. Merlin, help me. I'm losing all my brain cells. What am I to do? Now all I have left are my good looks, which, as a matter of fact, may get me somewhere in life. Who knows, maybe I'll be a muggle model. That would be fun. And I'd be able to transfigure my appearance to enhance it. Not that I would need to do much, I'm not Wormtail after all. Ouch that was uncalled for, sorry Wormtail!
I am bored. This is why I am writing in here. Sirius bloody Black wasn't able to sleep after we got back at 11, and it is now 3 in the bloody morning and I cannot sleep because Padfoot has given me his ridiculous insomnia. He has left the dorm to do Merlin knows what, but he went with a broom, so I might find his dead body on the Quidditch Pitch tomorrow morning. If only I would be that lucky. I am, of course, joking. I do not know what I would do without the ridiculousness that is Sirius Black, as well as the lunacy that is James Potter. I am going to miss my friends dearly after graduation.
Granted, we are all getting a flat together, which, personally, I think is ridiculous as we could all just go live in James' mansion. Merlin knows there's enough room, but James wants to get a 'Marauder Bachelor Pad'. Which is a ridiculous idea if you ask me as two of the four Marauders are not bachelors. Granted, they are not married, but they will be soon. You would know if you had seen Sirius and Hestia, or James and Lily. Especially James and Lily. It's quite adorable to see them together. Also quite depressing in a way, especially to me. We'll get back to this. Let me finish about my friends first. Anyway, until we get a flat, I'm stuck living in my parents' house, where I have to go through my painful transformations in the cold cellar behind a door that is chained shut. Depressing no? I wish my friends would be able to sneak in there, it would be a lot more fun, but I will not let them. It's different in a large space, such as the Forbidden Forest. But in a cellar, I may as well kill them. Anyway, on to less morbid topics, but depressing all the same.
I was talking/writing or whatever about how James and Lily make me depressed in a way. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled for them, but I'm lonely! There, I've said it. Couples surround me and it's getting to me. Everyone has someone! I have nobody. James has Lily. Sirius had Hestia. Frank and Alice are going to get married. The only one left is Pete, and lets face it, he's not such good company. I need to find someone, because my best mates are always off or thinking about their significant others.
So that is my resolution before I graduate, which I will put into immediate action this weekend. I, Remus John Lupin, am going to get a girlfriend.
"MORNING PRONGS!" Sirius yelled across the Great Hall as James walked in. James chuckled and made his way over to where his friends were sitting, and sat down next to Hestia.
"Morning Pads," James chuckled, "Why the good mood?" he asked, and Sirius reddened.
"No reason, I was greeting my best mate, is that not allowed? Anyway, where is my second favorite female?" he asked, not waiting for James to answer the first question and looking around the Great Hall.
"You do know a lot of female's Padfoot," Remus snorted, then threw Hestia an apologetic glance, to which Hestia chuckled.
"Let me rephrase, where is my favorite flower?" he asked, and James chuckled.
"I have no idea. She was gone when I woke up, I'm assuming she's in the library," he said, and Sirius guffawed.
"So I'm guessing its going to be another Lily-less time?" he asked, and James rolled his eyes.
"No, I'm going to go restrain her from studying around lunch-time," he shrugged, and Hestia raised her eyebrows.
"I don't know if that's a possibility James," she said, and James chuckled.
"I have my ways"
"Yes, I believe his method is the art of snogging," Frank snorted, and James reddened as his friends laughed.
"You said she's in the library?" Hestia asked in a high voice, and James turned to see that she was an odd shade of pink.
"Probably, are you alright Hest?" James asked, and Hestia grinned and nodded.
"Yes I'm fine, better than fine actually, I'm going to go find Lily," she said, jumping up and running out of the Great Hall.
"What's wrong with her?" Alice asked, looking at Sirius, who was red, and he ran a hand through his hair.
"Nothing!" he squeaked, and they raised their eyebrows. Sirius never squeaked.
"Pads," James said, and Sirius turned to look at him.
"Prongs can I talk to you?" he asked, and James laughed and nodded. Sirius stood up and walked out of the Great Hall with James.
"Your friends are odd Remus," Alice said, turning to Remus, who snorted.
"Tell me about it," he grinned, and stood up, stretching. Lots of girls eyes flickered over to him and Remus smirked slightly. Maybe finding a girlfriend wouldn't be too hard, "See you later," he said, and walked out of the Great Hall, aware, for the first time in his Hogwarts life, of the girls eyes that trailed after him as he walked away.
"Everyone's so odd today," Alice said, turning to Frank, who laughed.
"Guess it's just us today," he chuckled, kissing her on the cheek.
"Wedding plans!" she declared, and Frank groaned.
"Actually, I'm going to go study," he said, standing up; Frank hated wedding planning almost as much as Hestia and Lily did, "Bye sweetheart," he said, kissing her on the cheek and running from the Great Hall.
"Hey Pete!" Alice said, as Peter sat down, "Want to help me with something?" she asked, and a bemused Peter nodded politely. Poor bloke.
"Lily Clare Evans," Hestia said, flopping down on a chair in front of what looked like a rather large pile of books, but Hestia could see Lily's red hair through the gaps between the stacks of books. Lily didn't respond, just as she always was when studying, "Lily I have to tell you something," Hestia whined, again to no response, "Oh for the love of Merlin," Hestia groaned, pulling out her wand. She pointed it at the stacks of books, which flew back to their shelves, and Lily's textbook, which she was studying from, disappeared into Hestia's bag.
"Hest what are you doing?" Lily squeaked, looking up at Hestia.
"I need to talk to you about something!" Hestia said, exasperated, and Lily sighed.
"I need to study!"
"A few minutes wont kill you!"
"Fine," Lily grumbled, giving up, and standing up, "let's go somewhere else I'm tired of the library," she groaned, and Hestia giggled.
"Lily Evans, tired of the library? It's a Christmas miracle," Hestia snorted, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"It's not Christmas," Lily pointed out.
"Yes, but apparently you're Christmas on a stick so it will always apply to you," Hestia said cheekily, and Lily chuckled.
"What do you need to talk about?" Lily asked, as the girls walked out to the courtyard, where they could see Sirius and James sitting under the Marauder tree.
"Nowhere near them!" Hestia squeaked, pulling Lily in the direction of Hagrids hut. They sat down on the stairs to Hagrids hut, and Lily turned to look at Hestia, eyebrows raised.
"What is so important that you can't discuss in front of our boyfriends?" she asked, and Hestia blushed.
"Well it involves mine so I can't talk about it with him there," she said quietly, and Lily nodded, understanding.
"What is it?" she asked, and Hestia took a breath.
"I had sex!" Sirius blurted out, and James choked.
"What? Really? When?" James said, a smile playing on his face.
"Yes, really, and last night, well, this morning technically," Sirius said, turning red, and James chuckled.
"Well done mate," he said, clapping Sirius on the back, and Sirius chuckled
"Shut up Prongs"
"Well you would've teased me about it!" James said, and Sirius barked a laugh, "So, you had sex. With Hestia I'm going to assume?" James asked, and Sirius rolled his eyes, "So why are you so red?" James teased, nudging Sirius, who guffawed and put his arm around James shoulders in a brotherly manner.
"Because! I did it!" Sirius said nervously.
"And?" James asked, extending the vowels to the extreme.
"I liked it," Sirius said cheekily, and James rolled his eyes, before laughing.
"That's great Pads," James chortled, patting his friend on the back, "Now what's making you awkward?" James asked, and Sirius sighed.
"I hate that you know me so well," Sirius said, punching James in the shoulder, and James guffawed, "Well, I don't want her to think it's, well, necessary, for her to do it just because we did it once you know?" Sirius blurted out, and James' eyebrows rose.
"I never thought I would hear this from you Pads," James said, his hand flying up to his hair, "But I'm glad you are saying it," he mumbled, looking down at the grass. James and Sirius both hated talking about feelings and relationships.
"Thanks mate," Sirius sighed, and James chuckled, "So what do I do?"
"Talk to her?" James said uncertainly, and Sirius turned to look at him, "Well how am I supposed to know? I haven't done it!" James said in a high voice, and Sirius laughed.
"Touché, but you really think just talking to her will help?" he asked, and James shrugged.
"It seems like the logical thing to do," he said, and Sirius nodded seriously, "And she wont know unless you tell her," James shrugged, and Sirius snorted.
"Obviously. Ah, okay, I'll talk to her. Thanks mate," Sirius said, clapping James on the back and standing up. James stood up and grinned at Sirius, "Why are you so happy?" Sirius whined, and James chuckled.
"A stupid dog once told me that his best mates sex life was the bane of his existence," James chuckled, nudging Sirius, who barked a laugh.
"Ah, I see my feelings have been reciprocated," Sirius said sarcastically, and James laughed.
"Wow Pads, big word, I'm proud of you," James teased, and Sirius put his arm around James neck, pulling him down so he could scuffle his hair, "No! Pads! Hair!" James squeaked, pulling out of Sirius' grip and anxiously fingering his locks. Sirius guffawed.
"Thanks mate," Sirius said seriously, looking down at the floor, and James smiled at his friend
"Anytime"
"I can't believe it," Lily said, grinning from ear to ear as Hestia blushed furiously, "You and Sirius Black," Lily squealed, and Hestia hid her face in her hands, "Why are you so bothered though?" Lily asked, nudging Hestia playfully, and Hestia giggled.
"I'm not bothered! No, I'm just in shock," Hestia grinned, and Lily laughed, "What? You would be too!" she said, and Lily nodded in agreement, "I'm just a bit worried though," Hestia said, and Lily frowned at her.
"Why?"
"Well, this is Sirius. I don't know if I'm ready to, you know, do it again," Hestia mumbled, looking twirling a lock of her hair anxiously between her fingers, "Don't get me wrong. I liked it. I really did, and I love him. But I don't want to become a couple that's doing, well, that all the time, you know?" she asked, and Lily nodded.
"I get it, maybe you should tell him?" Lily suggested, and Hestia nodded.
"That's what I thought, but it just seems weird," she admitted, and Lily grinned, "And for the love of Merlin will you stop grinning," Hestia squealed, nudging Lily, who laughed and put her arm around her friend.
"I'm happy for you," Lily smiled, and Hestia rolled her eyes, "Oh, look who it is," Lily nudged Hestia, as they saw Sirius and James walk into the castle together. Hestia turned red and Lily grinned, "Let's go," she said, pushing Hestia, who squeaked.
"I cant talk to him now!" she squealed, and Lily turned to look at her.
"And why not?"
"Because I can't look at him without turning bright red," Hestia said, stomping her foot, and Lily laughed.
"Fine," Lily shrugged, as the girls made their way to the castle.
"Details?" Hestia squealed, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Do I have a choice?"
"Nope," Hestia said, popping the 'p'
"Fine, just not those details," Lily said, and Hestia rolled her eyes.
"That would be disgusting Lily. No, I'm going to give you normal details," Hestia said, and Lily giggled as Hestia begun
"Oof!" Lily exclaimed, as she bumped into something hard on her way back from the library. Realizing it was a person, she looked up to apologize, to realize it was only Sirius, "Oh, it's you," she grinned, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Thanks for the apology," Sirius teased, draping his arm around her shoulder.
"You're welcome," Lily said cheekily, and Sirius rolled his eyes, "I heard you had quite an adventure last night," she winked, and Sirius turned a fiery shade of red.
"She told you?" Sirius said, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Obviously," Lily chuckled, and Sirius guffawed, "what's wrong with you?" she asked, wrapping her arm around his waist.
"Well, I don't want her to feel like she has to do it all the time you know?" he said quickly, and Lily grinned, "Why are you grinning?"
"Well, she wanted to talk to you about the same thing," Lily shrugged, and Sirius relaxed.
"Really?" he said happily, and Lily nodded up at him, "Okay, not that I didn't like it, I just don't think it's healthy for us if we get, erm, obsessed," he said, and Lily laughed, "Oh shut up I didn't know the word," he said awkwardly, and Lily squeezed him in a one armed hug.
"That's okay. Go talk to her," she said, nudging him, and Sirius ran his hand through his hair, and it somehow managed to fall back perfectly.
"Fine," he said, letting go of her, "See you later flower," he said, hugging her in a brotherly manner, before walking up the stairs to Gryffindor Tower. Lily chuckled to herself and walked back to the Heads dorm. She pushed the door open to see James and Remus talking on the sofa.
"Lily! You're alive!" Remus said happily, and James' head snapped to look at her. He grinned at her and Lily felt her stomach flip as James got up to hug her.
"I missed you!" he whispered into her hair and Lily smiled into his chest.
"What was the serious discussion about?" she asked as she sat down on the floor, leaning on James knees.
"Remus wants to find a girlfriend," James said, and Remus turned pink.
"I figured you'd be discussing Sirius and Hestia," Lily chuckled, and the boys guffawed.
"We already did that," Remus said, matter-of-factly and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Did you study at all today?" she chastised, and they grinned at her.
"Yes! We did that whilst discussing," James said, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"So why the sudden interest in finding a girlfriend?" she asked Remus, who played with the sofa cushion nervously.
"Well, its just, you all have significant others, and, well, sometimes I get left out," he said quietly, and Lily's eyes softened.
"I'm sorry, I stole one of your friends," she said quietly, and Remus grinned down at her.
"I'm glad you did!" he said, and Lily rolled her eyes, "It's not the loneliness. I just, want someone, you know?" he asked, and Lily nodded.
"Do you want some help?" she asked, and Remus, as well as James, widened their eyes.
"You would help?" Remus asked, and Lily beamed.
"I always loved matchmaking, I tried it out on Gwenog a few times," she said happily, and the boys laughed.
"Fine," Remus said, and Lily squealed happily, "we begin tomorrow. I'm going to go now," he said, looking pointedly at James, before getting up and walking out of the dorm.
"Matchmaking Lils?" James chortled, and Lily stuck her tongue out at him.
"I missed you too by the way," she said, and James grinned down at her.
Hey guys! Hope you liked the chapter! Review please (: I am sincerely trying to have another chapter up before I leave tomorrow. It might be a short one, but I'm trying to make it longer. If I don't get it up in time, Happy New Year! Love you all!
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